There’s some irony that for all the talk of getting to Omaha over the years by the East Carolina baseball program, the city is currently home to former Pirate pitcher Seth Maness. After four seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, the right-handed reliever is now in the Kansas City Royals organization with the Omaha Storm Chasers of the Triple-A… [ Continue Reading ]

By the time East Carolina travels to West Virginia, Orlando, Houston, Hartford and Memphis this season, Terrell Smith will have been there and done that. One of the responsibilities of the Pirates’ director of football operations is serving as the advance scout for ECU’s road games. “The best way to describe what I do is… [ Continue Reading ]

GREENVILLE — Like a fleet of super heroes, graduate transfers have arrived at East Carolina. In addition to a shipload of winning experience, the new Pirates have helped generate much-needed optimism after a 3-9 season in 2016. “When you get a graduate transfer, the first thing you get is completion, meaning somebody who has attention… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina had its first preseason practice on Thursday with the Pirates bent on improvement after going 3-9 in 2016 and 1-7 in the American Athletic Conference. The performance last season was a step back after ECU was 5-7 overall and 3-5 in the AAC before Ruffin McNeill’s termination. The offseason focus has been on getting better with the Pirates… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina opens the 2017 season at home against James Madison on Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. The Dukes won the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs last season and return quarterback Bryan Schor, who passed for 3,002 yards as a junior. “We started thinking about them last year once our season ended and they were still… [ Continue Reading ]

East Carolina defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson has had some family time this summer. Now he’s fully focused on football as preseason practice starts next week. “The highlight was being able to step back and do some fishing,” Thompson said. “I got a chance to go fishing with my boys. We’ve kind of developed a tradition… [ Continue Reading ]